On March 5th 2018, at a beautiful ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt Mumbai in Santacruz, the winners of the 19th FICCI FRAMES Best Animated Frames (BAF) Awards were announced. While we were honoured to be nominated for the two awards, imagine our delight when Ludo King was announced as the winner in the Mobile & Tablet Game: Arcade/ Casual (International) category.

Vikash Jaiswal: The man who developed a tired, old British board game for mobile phones

The number 1 free game on Google Play Store is not a Temple Run or a Candy Crush or a Clash of Clans variant. It is a tired, old British board game having origins in medieval India that Vikash Jaiswal developed for mobile phones - Ludo King So starts the coverage of Vikash Jaiswal, Gametion Founder, by the Economic Times, and no truer words have been spoken.

The Hindu covers a feature on Vikash Jaiswal starting from how he created Gametion to how he came up with the idea for the hit game, Ludo King. As well as how Ludo King climbed the charts to hit the top spot on Google Play and iOS, with nearly 50 million downloads.

Neraj Kumar Naiyar tries to explain why Ludo King has become the sensation that it did. The article tries to analyze the various reasons that the game has gotten so many downloads and has become so popular. It is always interesting to get an outsider perspective on that things that Gametion is doing right with its games.

How a small Indian studio got 55 million downloads and 10 million DAUs in under a year

PocketGamer covers a feature on Gametion and their hit game, Ludo King. The article covers our journey from conception to becoming the number one game in the market with 55 million downloads and 10 million DAUs and all of that within a year and completely organically. We lived it and we still cannot believe it.

YourStory, one of the most prolific websites covering Indian startups and entrepreneurs, decided to cover a story on Vikash Jaiswal, Founder of Mumbai-based Gametion, the brains behind the sleeper hit board game app, Ludo King. The article covers everything from how Mr. Jaiswal got the idea for the game, how he developed it and got it to the level of fame it currently is.

Hindustan Times covered the how and why behind the growing craze for online based Ludo games such as Gametion Ludo King. The article sites nostalgia as the primary factor behind their popularity, but also credits the ease of use and functionality that the digital versions bring to the game.

PC Tablet has created a list of top 5 free android games to help people find the good/right ones to choose and play from the millions that are available on the Play Store. Gametion is so honored that Ludo King is not only be included in this list but is listed at the No. 1 position.

The FreePress Journal claims how people are living nostalgic lives, wanting to relive the 90s. It cites facts such as how Ludo is popular again in the form of Ludo King, how 90s songs are being remixed, how 90s serials are also being remade, and how Sachin is making news again. While we cannot speak for other things on the list, we are certainly glad that Ludo King is as popular as it is and that it allows people to feel nostalgic for their childhood.

Life on suburban Mumbai train: Ludo on mobile phones is the new buzzword

This article in the Financial Express examines how Ludo King has taken over other popular games like Subway Surfer and such games to become the choice game to play while commuting. Ludo King has been credited as making the hours pass by so soon and helping people unwind after a long workday. Gametion is happy to help!

An article published in The Indian Express talks about how Ludo King has become the top choice of game for people to play while commuting on the trains. It talks of how people have created groups on the daily locals and meet up daily to play while travelling to and from work. Many even cited Ludo King as an effective stress buster helping them deal with the daily pressures of their life. Gametion is so glad that Ludo King could help people in such a significant manner.

Top 5 apps of the week: Ludo King, Five Nights at Freddy's, Antivirus Guard and more

Ludo King is listed as the number one pick in DNAs Top 5 apps of the week. Daily News and Analysis, more commonly known as DNA, is an Indian broadsheet newspaper which also maintains a news website and also publishes an e-paper. Of all the apps they could have picked, they chose Ludo King, and we could not have been more honored.

The Wire conducted an analysis of the types of games that women play, particularly of the types of games that attract the attention of a women, and in a world where playing video games is inherently seen as a boys trait. Gametion is so honored and proud that Ludo King is listed as one of the games that has managed to garner the attention of women and to know that many women choose to play Ludo King.